Sara Sharif’s father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother Beinash Batool, were convicted of the girl’s murder last week by a jury at the Old Bailey.

Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson said the funding settlement struck the right balance between funding the police and protecting taxpayers.

Ministers have also accepted, or accepted in principle, all of the recommendations of the probe into the scandal.

Police said the attacker was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound when officers arrived and died en route to hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.

Former Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf has announced he is stepping back from frontline politics and will not run for re-election as an MSP in 2026. Mr Yousaf said the “time is right for me to ...

In a statement released on Tuesday, an embassy spokesperson said that “anti-China clamours made by a handful of UK MPs” have “revealed their twisted mentality towards China ...

Thousands of military homes will be brought back into public ownership at a cost of almost £6 billion. The Ministry of Defence will buy back 36,347 homes from property firm Annington, reversing the ...

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Ms Phillipson said the Bill is “landmark” legislation which will “seek to keep children safe”. In a statement ahead of the Bill’s introduction to Parliament, ...

Checkatrade recommends that if you do return home to a burst pipe, you should immediately shut off the water supply to prevent further flooding and minimise the amount of damage caused. Next, they ...

Aldi is officially the go-to destination for Christmas this year, as the discount supermarket has been named Christmas Retailer of the Year by the Quality Food Awards. The budget store also won ‘Best ...

Childline bases across the UK, including in London, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff, will be in operation throughout the ...

Merope Mills, who lost her daughter Martha to sepsis in 2021, has called for the initiative to be rolled out nationally.